Polls have closed in Wisconsin

[jaxx]

No numbers yet........

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepoliti...31843.html

[Baltoman991]

Please tell me that the woman who finds votes out of the blue will have nothing to do with this.

[jaxx]

No, her district was in the last election.

[skip_in_boulder]

Thanks for the link. I had forgot to save it from last time.

[Drunken Irishman]

All right, so what are we looking at here? Does this matter at all?

[There Is No Spoon]

(08-16-2011 07:24 PM)Drunken Irishman Wrote:  All right, so what are we looking at here? Does this matter at all?

Last week the R's were being recalled, these are 2 Dems that were recalled as revenge for Dems recalling 6 R's.

[jaxx]

State Senate - District 12 - General
August 16, 2011 - 08:23PM CT
Wisconsin - 8 of 166 Precincts Reporting - 5%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 546 56%
Simac , Kim GOP 424 44%

State Senate - District 22 - General
August 16, 2011 - 08:23PM CT
Wisconsin - 6 of 100 Precincts Reporting - 6%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 1,839 53%
Wirch , Bob (i) Dem 1,615 47%


Yes, it does matter. These are the two Democrats who were recalled by the pubs. They need to retain those seats. It won't turn the senate, but it will help.

[skip_in_boulder]

This thing may be over.

State Senate - District 12 - General
August 16, 2011 - 09:21PM CT
Wisconsin - 75 of 166 Precincts Reporting - 45%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 11,961 54%
Simac , Kim GOP 10,106 46%

State Senate - District 22 - General
August 16, 2011 - 09:21PM CT
Wisconsin - 70 of 100 Precincts Reporting - 70%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Wirch , Bob (i) Dem 18,017 56%
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 14,340 44%

[There Is No Spoon]

Wirch in 22 already projected as the winner

[jaxx]

Yes one win and the other looking really good. Well done Wisconsin!!

[There Is No Spoon]

"ChrisJLarson Chris Larson
And Congrats to Senator Jim Holperin! The Wisconsin 14 is now officially the Wisconsin 16."

[TheNewMe]

(08-16-2011 08:50 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  "ChrisJLarson Chris Larson
And Congrats to Senator Jim Holperin! The Wisconsin 14 is now officially the Wisconsin 16."

"WeRWisconsin We Are Wisconsin
AP calls elections for Holperin - making it 2 wins tonight! #wiunion"

"Jessica Arp
news3jessica Jessica Arp
AP calls District 12 for Sen. Jim Holperin #wirecall"

[jaxx]

It's kind of a political miracle when you think about it. The teabaggers swept in and tried to destroy it all and the Democrats fought back and gained back 2 seats and kept 2 more. Wisconsin should be proud of what they have accomplished.

And I hope the 2012 elections bring Democratic majorities to states all across the country and in the US house and senate and the White House. We have been shown, it can be done.

[Baltoman991]

A HUGE win for Republicans.



Aw c'mon, you know they'll spin it something like this:

"We consider it a win just to get the election held. It shows that people in Wisconsin were upset enough with the two Democratic Senators that they demanded a re-election. So yes, we Republicans should be proud. We won"

Ya'll know it's coming.

[jaxx]

The teabaggers can

[Cha]

(08-16-2011 09:11 PM)jaxx Wrote:  The teabaggers can

I didn't even know they were voting today and now this good news without breaking a sweat!

[nofurylike]

this is great!!

thank you for this thread, jaxx! thanks, all, for the updates and comments!

[azmouse]

I think the Dems keeping their seats was almost a foregone conclusion. The recall was done by Republicans as revenge for the recalls against them, but I think they knew there was very little chance of it all going in the R's favor.

Glad to see this. I hope the gov's recall is next.